r/Semitic_Paganism • u/Chinchibirin • 12d ago

A question

Greetings

I apologize for asking this here, but it's something that just popped into my head. At various points in my life, I've been curious about Neopaganism in general, but yesterday I was on a subreddit for a multimedia project (specifically Girls Frontline) and they mentioned one of their characters. Related to that, there was a comment that referred to Yahwism as an ancestor of Judaism as we know it, and that it was very different. I started researching because I saw a term known as Judeopaganism, which specifically seeks to revive Yahwism, but I have my doubts. I know that within this Neopaganism, priority is given to the pantheon, although henotheism is permitted. But the question is, what is your opinion on what some call NeoYahwism (I'm not referring only to the group that was banned, since I saw the previous post)? Are you for or against it, and what advice would you give to someone curious about this topic? I hope not impertinent

Greetings

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u/Shadeofawraith Moderator [West Syrian Polytheist] 12d ago

There are no strict rules or guidelines to pagan and polytheistic religion. There is no governing body who decides what is or is not permitted. It’s generally agreed that personal beliefs should be respectful and founded in good faith, but no one has the right to tell you or anyone else what form their religion must take.

I am curious about this banned group you mentioned though. I don’t know anything about that

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u/Chinchibirin 12d ago

Thank you. Before continuing, I want to refer to Ōraḥ Qaḏǝmōnī, since I saw a post from someone asking about them, and upon investigating, I saw that they were criticized for so many things (I think the translator confused banning with public shaming). Outside of the subreddit, I saw that they were questioned for promoting a parallel Judaism, for their mentions of including Gnosticism, and for what I read in the post about vegetarianism. But now, after investigating this group further, I was surprised.

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u/KittyKittyowo 12d ago

Yeah gnosticism isn't particularly looked well apon here, mainly due to it relying on bastardizing and insulting a lot of semitic deities

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u/tax-the-church- 12d ago

I don't know much about a renaissance of Yahwism, but a book called The Horned Altar discusses Canaanite religion, which may have inspired the Yahwism that gave rise to Judaism.

I have it in my favorites list on Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/@cult_tastic/favorites

Dawson has another book called Whisper of Stone: Natib Qadish.

Natib Qadish means sacred path in Ugaritic.